2018 African Minifootball Cup

The 2018 African Minifootball Cup was the first edition of the African Minifootball Cup held by the African Minifootball Confederation. The tournament was contested in Tripoli in Libya between 5 and 12 May 2018.^[1] Ivory Coast defeated Senegal 3–1 by penalties after a 3–3 draw in the final, to win the title. This tournament served as the qualification for the 2019 WMF World Cup for the best four teams.

2018 African Minifootball Cup

كأس أفريقيا لكرة القدم المصغرة 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	5–12 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	93 (5.81 per match)
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Venue

Libya was awarded the right to host the event on 16 October 2017.^[2] All the matches are played at the Al-Madina Stadium in Tripoli.

Tripoli
Al-Madina Stadium
Capacity: 1,500
Tripoli

Teams

Participating nations

Ghana  Ivory Coast  Libya (Hosts)  Nigeria

Senegal  Somalia  South Africa  Tunisia

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libya	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	6
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	6	12	−6	3
4	Somalia	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0

Source: AMC

5 May 2018

19:00

Libya	1–0	Ivory Coast
Youssef Ben Saud 11'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

5 May 2018

20:15

Somalia	2–6	Ghana

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

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7 May 2018

19:00

Ivory Coast	6–0	Ghana

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

7 May 2018

20:15

Somalia	0–5	Libya
		Hossam Toumi 15' Abu Bakr Boukhattala 20' Mohamed Albahli 25' Mohamed Ghaleb 33' Hamid Hamrouni 50+2'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

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9 May 2018

19:00

Ivory Coast	8–1	Somalia
Moussa Dembele 1', 6', 12', 13' Habib Samba Come 22', 44' Zepherin Vovo Lago 28' Issouf Traore 39'		Fazad Abdullah 31'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

9 May 2018

20:15

Libya	4–0	Ghana
Aldernawi Ramadan 5' Abdul Hamid Albakbek 12' Youssef Ben Saud 23', 28'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	22	2	+20	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	2	0	11	4	+7	5
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	2	35	−33	0

Source: AMC

6 May 2018

19:00

Senegal	1–1	Tunisia
Sidath Ndiaye 48'		Ouday Belhaj 44'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

6 May 2018

20:15

South Africa	1–9	Nigeria
41'		Ifieymi Inola 15' Abbas Gazali 21' Felix Kenan 22', 23', 28', 32' Ajayi Samson Bolaji 32', 41' Okonkwo Joseph Chigozie 48'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

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8 May 2018

19:15

Tunisia	3–1	Nigeria
Ouday Belhaj 11' Iheb Ben Salem 25' Walid Abdelli 37'		Ajayi Samson Bolaji 7'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

8 May 2018

20:15

Senegal	8–1	South Africa
Momo Cissé 3' Moustapha Nam 5' Sidath Ndiaye 6', 7' Alex 23' Mohamed Fadel 34', 38', 43'		25'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

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10 May 2018

19:00

South Africa	0–18	Tunisia
		?' ?' ?' ?' ?' Iheb Ben Salem 18' Hamid Al Dahli 28', 35' Moez Al Bhoush 31', 23' Achraf Sati 33' Ouday Belhaj 39', 41', 45' Walid Krout 39' Walid Abdelli 42' Iskander Ben Hmida 49', 50'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

10 May 2018

20:15

Senegal	2–2	Nigeria
Karifa Camara 5' Momo Cissé ?'		Felix Kenan ?' Cornelius Ebuka Ekezi ?'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	11 May – Tripoli
	Tunisia	2 (6)
					12 May – Tripoli
	Ivory Coast (p)	2 (7)
					Ivory Coast (p)	3 (3)
	11 May – Tripoli
					Senegal	3 (1)
	Libya	1 (2)
	Senegal (p)	1 (3)
					Third place
					12 May – Tripoli
					Tunisia	1
					Libya	0

Semi-finals

11 May 2018

19:00

Ivory Coast	2–2	Tunisia
Walid Krout 9' Ouday Belhaj 14'		Zepherin Vovo Lago 16' Lionel Boyou Kadje 29'
Penalties
Zepherin Vovo Lago Lionel Boyou Kadje Moussa Dembelé Habib Samba Come Jacob Trabi Issouf Traore	6–7	Iheb Ben Salem Ouday Belhaj Walid Barsilo Nader Bin Hamida Khaled Bin Ammar Moez Al Bhoush

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

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11 May 2018

20:30

Libya	1–1	Senegal
Hamid Hamrouni 50' (pen.)		Seck Elhadji Mbacke 31'
Penalties
Mohamed Ghaleb Hamid Hamrouni Hassan Shaheen	2–3	Mohamed Fadel Sidath Ndiaye Momo Cissé

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

3rd place match

12 May 2018

19:00

Tunisia	1–0	Libya
Hamid Al Dahli 11'

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Final

12 May 2018

21:00 UTC+2

Ivory Coast	3–3	Senegal
Jacob Trabi 11', 38' Papa Mbaye Ndiaye 28' (o.g.)		Moustapha Nam 26', 50+2' Seck Elhadji Mbacke 32'
Penalties
Zepherin Vovo Lago Lionel Boyou Kadje Moussa Dembelé	3–1	Mohamed Fadel Sidath Ndiaye

Al-Madina Stadium, Tripoli

Qualified teams for the WMF World Cup

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2019 WMF World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Ivory Coast	9 May 2018	1 (2017)
Libya	9 May 2018	1 (2017)
Senegal	10 May 2018	1 (2017)
Tunisia	10 May 2018	1 (2017)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.